“I recommend finding a good study buddy. Having a friend who doesn’t distract you, is good company and you can bounce ideas off can be really helpful. My flatmate and I would book out a discussion room, stock up on snacks and then teach each other about different cases and legal concepts. Teaching someone else solidifies ideas in your mind and shows up gaps in your knowledge. This style of study is really applicable to the workplace. I work in the litigation team where my colleagues always run ideas and problems past each other. For me, adding a social element to study and work makes both more enjoyable and manageable.”

Like this:

“1. Attempt past exam questions and familiarise yourself with the format of the exam – double check with your lecturer first on the relevance of prior year course content.

“2. Organise a 2-4 hour session with a good friend – try and teach them a particular topic which will help you understand the concepts better. I used to use one of the tutorial rooms at the library and make use of the white board to summarise the topic using boxes/diagrams to explain key concepts.

“3. At the end of your study, read through the “objectives” stated in your lecture notes per topic and ensure you understand them.

“4. During your study, if you have any questions feel free to meet your lecturer. They are very approachable and can give some great clarity as well as approaches to what they are looking for in answers.”

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Roimata is the name given to a sculpture designed by Māori artist Riki Manuel (Ngāti Porou) to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Canterbury earthquake on 22 February 2011. It was unveiled at a special ceremony on that date in 2018, and tells a story of remembrance.

To Māori, the upside down koru represents death, in keeping with a memorial to those who lost their lives in the February earthquake of 2011.

The surface is undulated to represent Ōtakaro the river Avon, onto which the people of Ōtautahi Christchurch, throw flowers each year in memory of that fateful day. The bronze flowers on the surface depict this ritual.

The sculpture sits at the Clyde Road end of University Drive, a short distance from the Recreation Centre bridge over Ōtakaro where those who attended the unveiling carried out this ritual by throwing fresh flowers onto the river to created a spiritual link with the commemorative service being held later that day in the city.

Roimata, will remain on our campus as a permanent reminder of the earthquakes, and as a focus each year for our remembrance, the loss and suffering of our University community, the contribution they made afterwards, and what the University has become since.